Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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The Wave of the Future is... FOOLING AROUND Ronald Nelson III and Linus Knip- Be as ae ling storm into their Bionarcotic- robotics class five minutes early. as y Eagerly, they snatch up their radioisotopal meters diabolical gauges, and other essential goodies. Ronald grabs the neccessary chemicals from the containment vault, as Linus adjusts his galvanized double-framed trifocal lensed glasses. The two boys rejoin at their lab sta- tion, and begin to execute the fifty- seven part procedure that they had memorized the night before. To anyone who has never been to Thomas Jefferson High-Tech before, this would seem like a typical class. They can’t even believe that we have gym, or even (God forbid ) sports. Ex- cept for a precious few of us there is more to life than 32,000,000,000-bit computers. Even though our classes allow little time for fun, we do manage to enjoy ourselves. Don’t get me wrong, a protein assay is not my idea of a partying time, but more like trying to reach a thirteen-foot flame on the bunsen burners, or having a competition to see who can knock over the most dividing cones during Driver's Ed. So, to all of you people who think we are straight out of “Revenge of the Nerds”, check us out, we might just change your mind. As he waited, one day, to be fed, Someone wrapped a balloon ‘round his head Is this what they mean By “airhead supreme’’? “ ... just fooling around!” he said Freshman Colin Heischman by Dan Pringle 10

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Breaking Traditions For many students, the Thomas Jef- ferson High School for Science and Technology was the place where, at least academically, we had met our match. No longer did an average school day consist of a few un- challenging tests and then arriving home to mess around for three hours. We welcomed the new freedoms associated with high school, but less joyously received was the academic challenge the school demanded. For many of us, this was the first time we had ever even considered asking for extra help. This sudden shock caused a lot of pressure for many of us, and we were forced to find new ways to handle it, be it through a ‘stress managment” course, eating, taking a hot bath, or listening to the radio. The new problems upon us, however, seemed to bond together a group of kids who often had not even known each other a year before. Through it all, one might think the student body would not find much time to lead a normal teenage life. However, whether we were fooling around or showing off, an observer would have to say that we led an unusual, if not different, student life. by Mike Widener Cheering the team onward is very much a part of Student Life. David Norton and Tom Song enthusiastically support the football team. Studerd Life

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On a window, in a link Is as wild as we could think We went out and got ’em Our photographer got ’em Before they could even think. On a hot summer day Japanese students went away. They thought they were lords So they pulled out their swords. Wow! The hospital bills did pay. Sophmores Chris Wood, Dan Mathis, and Mark Hartfield 11